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TABLE F-38.—Consumer price indexes, 7929-57For city wage-earner and clerical-worker families[1947-49=100]Period1929193019311932193319341935193619371938193919401941194219431944194519461947194819491950195119521953195419551956195721956: JanuaryFebruaryMarchAprilMayJuneJulyAugustSeptemberOctoberNovemberDecember1957: JanuaryFebruaryMarchAprilMayJuneJulyAugustSeptemberOctoberNovemberAllitems73.371.465.058.455.357.258.759.361.460.359.459.962.969.774.075.276.983.495.5102.8101.8102.8111.0113.5114.4114.8114.5116.2120.0114.6114.6114.7114.9115.4116.2117.0116.8117.1117.7117.8118.0118.2118.7118.9119. 3119.6120.2120.8121.0121.1121.1121.6Food65.662.451.442.841.646.449.750.148. 447.147.852.261.368.367.479.095.9104.1100.0101.2112.6114.6112.8112.6110.9111.7115.4109.2108.8109.0109.6111.0113.2114.8113.1113.1113.1112.9112. P112.8113.6113.2113.8114.6116.2117.4117.9117.0116.4116.0HousingTotal Rent0)(00)0)0)(')71.872.875.476.676.176.478.381.882.884.786.188.395.0.101. 7103.3106.1112.4114.6117.7119.1120.0121.7125.5120.6120.7120.7120.8120.9121.4121.8122.2122.5122.8123.0123.5123.8124.5124.9125.2125.3125.5125.5125.7126.3126.6126.8117.4114.2108.297.183.678.478.280.183.886.58S.490.490.390.690.991.494.4100.7105.0108.8113.1117.9124.1128.5130.3132.7135.1131.4131.5131.6131.7132.2132.5133.2133.2133.4133.4133.8134. 2134.2134.2134.4134.5134.7135.0135.2135.4135.7136.0136.3Apparel60.358.953.647.545.950.250.651.053.753.452.553.255.664.967.872.676.383.797.1103.599.498.1106.9105.8104.8104.3103.7105.5106.8104. 1104.6104.8104.8104.8104.8105.3105.5106.5106.8107.0107.0106.4106.1106.8106.5106.5106.6106.5106.6107.3107.7107.9TransportationMedicalcare0)0)(00)0)0)69.670.271.371.970.269.872.278.578.278.278.182.190.6100.9108.5111.3118.4126.2129.7128.0126.4128.7135.7126.8126.9126.7126.4127.1126.8127.7128.5128.6132.6133.2133.1133.6134.4135.1135.5135.3135.3135.8135.9135.9135.8140.00)(00)0)(071.471.672.372.572.672.773.175.178.781.283.187.794.9100.9104.1106.0111.1117.2121.3125.2128.0132.6137.8130.7130.9131.4131.6131.9132.0132.7133.3134. 0134.1134.5134.7135.3135.5136.4136.9137.3137.9138.4138.6139.0139.7140.3Personalcare0)(00)0)(00)54.655.358.559.859.659.561.066.973.879.081.587.497.6101.3101.1101.1110.5111.8112.8113.4115.3120.0124.2118.5118.9119.2119.5119.6119.9120.1120.3120.5120.8121.4121.8122.1122.6122.9123.3123.4124.2124.7124.9125.1126.2126.7Readingandrecreation0)0)0)(00)0)58.15P. 160.862.963.064.166.469.575.383.486.889.795.5100.4104.1103.4106.5107.0108.0107.0106.6108.1112.0107.3107. 5107.7108.2108.2107.6107.7107.9108.4108.5109.0109.3109.9110.0110.5111.8111.4111.8112.4112.6113.3113.4114.4Othergoodsandservices0)0)0)0)0)0)67.267.068.869.470.672.874.276.380.282.485.788.696.1100.5103.4105.2109.7115.4118.2120.1120.2122.0125.3120.8120.9121.2121.4121.5121.8122.2122.1122.7123.0123. 2123.3123.8124.0124.2124.2124.3124.6126.6126.7126.7126.8126.81 Not available.2 January-November average.Source: Department of Labor.160